At the invitation of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort Vietnam's President, His Excellency Truong Tan Sang and Madam Mai Thi Hanh state visit to Denmark from 18-20th September 2013.

HM the Queen and HRH the Prince Consort paid in November 2009 state visit to Vietnam, and 18th-20th September there will be a return visit from Vietnam.

The president's plane lands on 18 September morning in Vilhelm Lauritzen terminal, Copenhagen Airport, where the royal couple and the royal family will receive His Excellency President Truong Tan Sang and Madam Mai Thi Hanh. Upon receipt at the airport will be welcome at Fredensborg Palace with an escort by the Regiment. In the evening royal couple hosted a gala dinner at Fredensborg Palace.

The program for the state visit reflects the fact that Vietnam and Denmark have historically had a long and close cooperation. In 2011, the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Denmark and Vietnam celebrated, where HRH the Crown Prince visited the country along with a Danish business delegation.

The state visit will focus on increasing trade and investment cooperation between the two countries, with particular focus on climate, energy and green growth as well as in education, culture and research.
A Vietnamese business delegation of about 40-45 companies arrive in Denmark, and there will be a number of company visits in green technology and showcasing technology and know-how and production facilities.

During the visit Copenhagen will be presented as Europe's greenest capital city and the city's diverse climate-friendly solutions will be showcased. The President and the Crown Prince are going on a cruise in Copenhagen harbor view Middelgrundens Wind and Lynetten to look at technologies for wastewater management.

The President and the Crown Prince attending the conference for Danish and Vietnamese companies to be held in DI in partnership with Agriculture and Food and the Shipowners' Association. The conference concludes with a Vietnamese food festival.

The President will during the visit have a conversation with the Prime Minister followed by press conference and signing ceremony at the Prime Minister.

First Lady, together with HRH Crown Princess visit the Mary Foundation,
where HRH Crown Princess will talk about the fund's efforts to focus on children's well-being, and together they will visit the kindergarten 'bumblebee', which is supported by the Mary Foundation. First Lady will also attend a series of cultural events.
Published 9 September 201

HE President Truong Tan Sang and Madam Mai Thi Hanh arrive at Copenhagen airport, Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal. Presidential couple will be received by the Royal Couple, Crown Prince Couple, TRH Prince Joachim and Princess Marie and HRH Princess Benedikte.

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Official welcome at Fredensborg Palace
pm. 10.11

Presidential couple arrives at Fredensborg Palace escorted by regiments horse squadron. Official photography Royal Couple and Presidential couple in Harsdorffsalen.

Program for president

Business Lunch at the Hermitage Palace
pm. 30.12

HRH the Crown Prince will host a business lunch at the Hermitage Palace with the participation of the President, the Vietnamese delegation and Danish business leaders.

Guided sailing in the harbor
pm. 14.50

The President will be accompanied by the Crown Prince on a boat trip in the harbor, where some of Copenhagen's solutions for sustainable development, including energy efficiency, water treatment and waste management, are presented. On the boat trip, including Climate and Energy and Building Martin Lidegaard. We sail from Ndr. Customs house.

AP Moller Maersk A / S
pm. 15.50

The president visits AP Moller Maersk, which among other things will be presenting its business activities in Vietnam.

Program for First Lady

Lunch at Frederik VIII's Palace
pm. 12.45

HRH Crown Princess will host a luncheon for First Lady of Frederik VIII's Palace, where Mary Foundation and its focus areas will be presented.

The kindergarten bumblebee
pm. 14.15

Crown Princess and First Lady visit the kindergarten bumblebee in Hellerup, where the institution with Mary Foundation project "Free of Bullying" is introduced. Kindergarten teachers will work with the children on site demonstrate the use of project tools.

National Museum
pm. 15.15

First Lady visits the National Museum, where there will be guided tours of the exhibition VIKING whose main object is the 37 meter long Viking Aegir. The ship exhibited for the first time after it was found in Roskilde in 1997.

Joint program

Gala dinner at Fredensborg Palace
pm. 20.00

The royal couple is hosting the gala dinner at Fredensborg Palace. By Gallataflet participate royal couple, TRH Prince Joachim and Princess Marie and HRH Princess Benedikte.

There will be official speeches by HM The Queen and HE The President.

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Program for president

Novo Nordisk
pm. 9.00

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Parliament and the Prime Minister
pm. 10.15

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Lunch with the Prime Minister
pm. 12.40

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DHI (Danish Hydraulic Institute)
pm. 15.00

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Program for First Lady

Rosenborg Castle
pm. 10.15

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National Gallery of Art
pm. 11.15

During the visit to the National Gallery of First Lady will be presented with the Danish and Nordic Collection.

Joint program

Vietnamese Return Arrangement
pm. 19.00

Presidential couple holds Returns Event at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in honor of the royal couple. From the royal family participates Royal Couple, Crown Prince and Prince Joachim and Princess Marie in a concert at the Assembly Hall and the reception afterwards in Winter Haven.

Friday, 20 September 2013

Program for president

Copenhagen
pm. 9.30

The president will visit the Lord Mayor at City Hall with a focus on urban planning and environmental friendliness. Representatives from Danish companies participate in the visit.

Lynetten
pm. 10.20

The president visits Lynetten, where there will be presentation of wastewater treatment at the treatment plant Lynetten.

Business Conference in the House of Industry
pm. 11.25

The president visits accompanied by Crown Prince, a business conference in the House of Industry. The president holds speech at the conference, which is organized by the Confederation of Danish Industry in collaboration with the Agriculture and Food and the Danish Shipowners' Association.

The president will be present during the Confederation of Danish Industries reception, which serves Vietnamese food.

Program for Mrs Mai Thi Hanh

Bagsvaerd School
pm. 9.50

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Joint program
University of Copenhagen
pm. 13.30

The President and First Lady visit the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Copenhagen and presented to the faculty work with food and health research.

Crwon Princess Mary won't attend??? -->
"Vietnamese Return Arrangement
pm. 19.00
Presidential couple holds Returns Event at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in honor of the royal couple. From the royal family participates Royal Couple, Crown Prince and Prince Joachim and Princess Marie in a concert at the Assembly Hall and the reception afterwards in Winter Haven."

Crwon Princess Mary won't attend??? -->
"Vietnamese Return Arrangement
pm. 19.00
Presidential couple holds Returns Event at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in honor of the royal couple. From the royal family participates Royal Couple, Crown Prince and Prince Joachim and Princess Marie in a concert at the Assembly Hall and the reception afterwards in Winter Haven."

DR1 will show a half an hour summary from todays events at 20.50. That's in 50 minutes from now.

You should be able to see it outside DK.

Perhaps someone will check and post a link?

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As Roskilde points out M&F are indeed taking over more and more from the Regent Couple.

Frederik taking the Vietnamese President and and large part of the 150 strong business delegation to visit the newly restored Eremitage Slot is important. We can expect quite a number of deals to be closed in the these days.
DK has cultivated Vietnam for some years now. It is, I understand, notoriously difficult to enter a South Asian market from the outside and this is where the DRF comes in. By their status they ensure that Danish and Vietnamese businesses meet on a higher level than otherwise.
The DRF state visit to Vietnam a few years ago was at the beginning of this commerce offensive and we are now getting to the point where the fruits have ripened.

Mary and the Vietnamese First Lady will deal with the more soft topics. Nevertheless Danish pedagogical methods have been studied with interest in China and presumably also Vietnam, especially in regards to kindergartens and younger school classes, in contrast to the more strict methods so far used in China and Vietnam. (Which we Danes incidentally are studying). The Free From Bullying concept appears to one of the things that we may export as a know how. (Thank you Australia).

It's just the translation. For some reason Google always translates Crown Prince Couple in Danish to Crown Prince in the English. But Mary will participate in all the events.

Ok, thanks for information.

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Originally Posted by Roskilde

Just my thought, Dazzling. Queen Margrethe must really love that outfit. I most of all think she looks like a blue Teletubbies

I always laugh at the comparison to the Teletubbies but there is one problem: there is red, purple, yellow and green Teletubbies ... and there is not the blue one
The Queen has a lot of beautiful dresses... and she dressed this blue one for the second time in a few days ( coat and skirt, because we don't have "information" which blouse She wore in Sweden )